Francis M. Curtis and Susan King

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Husband Francis M. Curtis ¹

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           Born: 12 May 1857 - Iowa 1
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         Father: Dr. Charles Henry Curtis (      -Abt 1859) 1 2
         Mother: Martha McLain (      -      ) 1 2

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Wife Susan King ³

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         Father: Peter King (      -      ) 3
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• Note: This may be the same person as : Susan Angeline King.

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Children

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1 U [Infant] Curtis ³

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General Notes: Husband - Francis M. Curtis

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He was just two years old at the time of the death of his father. His mother then returned to her old home at Freeport, Pennsylvania, and the boy received his education in the common schools of that place and of Indiana County. Afterward he attended the Elder's Ridge Academy, graduating at the end of two years. In 1877 he became clerk for the firm of Wilson & Manifold, general merchants of Parker's Landing, Pennsylvania. In 1883 he was admitted to partnership, the style of the firm becoming Manifold & Curtis, under which name the business was conducted for the next ten years. In 1893 he moved to New Kensington and there established a department store, which he then conducted under the firm name of Frank Curtis & Company. Mr. Curtis was one of the pioneer merchants of New Kensington, and his business increased until he had the largest store of its kind in the Allegheny valley. He was a director of the Logan Trust Company, of New Kensington, and one of the trustees of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church of New Kensington.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 182.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 509.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 183.